Posted by: Vix the OEN
Topic: New Year's Eve

It's not easy being single on New Year's Eve. Back when I was in college and single it was great because I used the New Year's Eve kiss as an excuse to smooch on the nearest hot guy and size him up for hook-up potential (xoxo to Ryan the marine! wait, was that his name? Mark? Joshua? damnit).

Now it's not so easy. Most of my friends are married, engaged, or coupled up. At the party I attended last New Year's there was no obvious male candidate for the obligatory midnight kiss, so I waited for my friend to finish the passionate embrace with her husband and then she turned to give me a peck on the lips. As much as I love her, IT'S NOT THE SAME. It's not New Year's Eve without a woody.

The New Year's Eve kiss is no big deal when you're part of a couple. It's the same with Valentine's Day--nothing special when you have a partner, but a huge f***ing deal when you don't have someone.

I've had more New Years with boyfriends than without, and I remember none of those midnight kisses. The ones when I was alone? I remember every single one of those, whether I received a mercy kiss from a friend or a teasing tongue from a promising stranger.

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i`m like my friend

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Well, you can always kiss the dog of the people throwing the party - provided he or she is friendly and likes you. May sound pathetic, but Alice the Boxer was taken with me from the moment I walked in and hey, it was unconditional love ; ) and it did make me feel less alone as the only single girl and only single person at a party of couples. To top it off, it was thrown by a girl I knew in high school, but not well. Hadn't spoken to her in years, though went to college with her older sister, and she invited me after our ten year H.S. reunion. I was pleased to be included but stuck out like a sore thumb (maybe that should be chump).